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Psalms 31:17
Psalms 31:17 is verse 17 of Psalms chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
King James Version
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
World English Bible
Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
Sheol is the place of the dead.
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Psalms 31:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
17 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
18 May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
19 How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 31:1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
Psalms 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
Psalms 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
Psalms 34:5Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
Psalms 69:6May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
Psalms 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
Isaiah 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
Isaiah 50:7Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
Joel 2:26You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
Joel 2:27Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
Psalms 6:10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Psalms 40:15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
Psalms 70:2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Psalms 70:3May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
Psalms 71:24My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Psalms 83:16Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
Psalms 83:17May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
Isaiah 41:11Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
Isaiah 41:12You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
Isaiah 45:16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Isaiah 65:14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Psalms 115:17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Matthew 22:12‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’